This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World

May 13, 2022 – April 2, 2023 @ 12:00 am – The exhibition highlights the role that artists play in our world to spark essential conversations, stories of resilience, and methods of activism—showing us a more relational and empathetic world. It centers more expansive definitions and acknowledgments of often-overlooked histories and contributions of women, people of color, and other marginalized communities. Information at Smithsonian Renwick Gallery 

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Here, Now, and Always

July 2, 2022 – July 9, 2026 @ 12:00 am – After 25 years, now fully renewed and reimagined, Here, Now and Always showcases never-before seen items, state of the art technology, and the next generation’s perspectives, illustrating the ways in which the past informs the future, and further positioning MIAC as a world-renowned resource for understanding Native lives, arts, and cultures today. Information at Museum of […]

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Mary Jackson Modern and Contemporary Gallery

October 17, 2022 – December 31, 2025 @ 12:00 am – Works in this gallery were created over the past forty years by artists who are native to the area, who have worked here, or who have created objects that reflect the complex story of the region. The works are grouped to reflect several themes including the southern landscape, the human figure, abstraction, and the legacy […]

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Conversing With The Land: Native North American Baskets of the Maxwell Museum Collection

November 11, 2022 – January 31, 2024 @ All Day – Co-curated by Curator of Exhibitions Devorah Romanek, Curator of Ethnology Lea McChesney, and artist Cael Chappell, the exhibit features more than 170 baskets made by Indigenous artists from across North America between 1000+ years ago and 2021. The museum is  profoundly grateful to the many basket makers and cultural knowledge holders who shared their insights […]

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We Were Basket Makers Before We Were Pueblo People: Pueblo Baskets in Context

November 11, 2022 – January 31, 2024 @ All Day – This exhibition features nine Pueblo baskets and the words of Pueblo artists and knowledge holders Christopher Lewis (Zuni), Louie Garcia (Tiwa/Piro), Paul Tosa (Jemez), Madeline Tosa (Jemez Pueblo), Jilli Oyenque (Ohkay Owingeh), and Brian Vallo (Acoma), facilitated by anthropologist and guest-curator Dr. Bruce Bernstein. Information at Maxwell Museum of Anthropology

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Creations of Spirit

January 28, 2023 – October 1, 2023 @ 12:00 am – Exhibition will immerse visitors in the Indigenous Plateau worldview, reflecting knowledge systems of tribes along the Columbia River and its tributaries.Six Native artists commissioned for this new, original exhibition are creating artwork that will be used in Native communities before arriving at the Museum. The original works will be supplemented with pieces on loan from […]

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Breaking Traditions, Saving Traditions: Elsie Allen and the Legacy Of Pomo Basketry

March 3, 2023 – December 22, 2023 @ 12:00 am – The Elsie Allen Pomo Basket Collection consists of over 130 masterfully woven baskets, ranging from the size of a pencil eraser to nearly 40 inches across, and spanning in date from the late 1800s to the 1980s. Information and hours at Santa Rosa Junior Multicultural Museum

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Nancy Bindig: Random Weave Basketry

March 16, 2023 – March 19, 2023 @ 12:00 am – This workshop will introduce the beginner and intermediate weaver to Random Weave basketry. This basketry construction lets you work with a variety of materials to make an organic and freeform shape. The shaping can be geometric or organic and has the potential to be very organic in nature. Information at Random Weave Basketry

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